Spoiler Special: Gone Girl

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies—and the occasional TV show—in full, spoiler-filled detail. Below, film critic Dana Stevens talks with Dan Kois and David Haglund about Gone Girl, David Fincher’s film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 thriller. How does reading the book beforehand alter your perception of the film? Was Ben Affleck the right choice to play Nick Dunne? And how does the film handle the book’s big twist?

Dan Kois edits and writes for Slate’s human interest and culture departments. He’s the co-author, with Isaac Butler, of The World Only Spins Forward, a history of Angels in America, and is writing a book called How to Be a Family.